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SB59 - Social Networking Website; illegal for owner to allow minor to create/maintain profile; provide for penalties

SB59 - Social Networking Website; illegal for owner to allow minor to create/maintain profile; provide for penalties
Sponsored by: Staton,Cecil 18th

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to forgery and fraudulent practices, so as to provide definitions; to provide that it shall be illegal for the owner or operator of a social networking website to allow a minor using a protected computer to create or maintain a profile web page on a social networking website without the permission of the minor’s parent or guardian and without providing such parent or guardian access to such profile web page; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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2 Responses to “SB59 - Social Networking Website; illegal for owner to allow minor to create/maintain profile; provide for penalties”

  1. Chris Farris Says:
    January 26th, 2007 at 1:11 pm

    I don’t like this bill. It doesn’t define how to get “permission from parent or legal guardian”. Is a checkbox enough? Credit Card? Signed legal affidavit?

  2. Tom Cross Says:
    February 9th, 2007 at 1:20 pm

    As an operator of a social networking site in Georiga I have some serious concerns with this bill. I wrote my comments on it in an open letter that you can read at the following location: http://www.memestreams.net/socnetlaw/

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